Snowy River Shire

LGAs around Snowy River Shire:
Tumut	Australian Capital Territory	Cooma-Monaro
Tumbarumba	Snowy River Shire	Cooma-Monaro
East Gippsland (Vic)	East Gippsland (Vic)	Bombala

The Snowy River Shire is a local government area in the Australian Alps region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was named after the Snowy River that runs through it.

The Mayor of Snowy River Shire is Cr. John Cahill, an independent politician.

Towns and localities

The administrative centre of the Shire is the town of Berridale, with the sub-alpine town of Jindabyne providing the main commercial centre for the southern Snowy Mountains resort area. The town of Adaminaby is the service centre for the northern snowfields resorts and the starting point for most trout fishers eager to test their skills in the rivers and streams or the enormous expanse of Lake Eucumbene. It also includes the village of Dalgety, Anglers Reach, the ghost town of Kiandra, and the ski resorts of Thredbo, Perisher, Smiggin Holes, Guthega, and Blue Cow.

Council

Current composition and election method

Snowy River Shire Council is composed of seven Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is directly elected while the six other Councillors are elected proportionally as one entire ward. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, is as follows:^[3]^[4]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	7
	Total	7

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:^[4]

	Party	Notes
John Cahill	Independent	Mayor^[3]
Peter Beer	Independent
Vickii Wallace	Independent
John Shumack	Unaligned
Bob Frost	Independent
Colin Stewart-Beardsley	Independent
Bill Smits	Independent

Proposed amalgamation

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Snowy River Shire merge with the Bombala and Cooma-Monaro shires to form a new council with an area of 15,162 square kilometres (5,854 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 21,000.^[5] The outcome of an independent review is expected to be completed by mid–2016.

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ "Snowy River Shire Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 13 November 2006.
1 2 "Snowy River Shire - Mayoral Election". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
1 2 "Snowy River Shire Council: Summary of First Preference and Group Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Election 2012. New South Wales Electoral Commission. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
↑ "Merger proposal: Bombala Shire, Cooma-Monaro Shire, Snowy River Shire" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

Snowy River Shire, New South Wales, Australia

Townships and Villages	Adaminaby Berridale Thredbo Village Tyrolean

Localities and rural places	Anglers Reach Arable Avonside Beloka Blue Cow Mountain Bobundara Braemar Bay Buckenderra Bullocks Flat Charlotte Pass Coolringdon Cootralantra Crackenback Dalgety Dry Plain East Jindabyne Eucumbene Cove Frying Pan Grosses Plain Guthega Hill Top Ingebirah Ironmungy Jimenbuen Jindabyne Kalkite Middlingbank Moonbah Myalla Nimmo Numbla Vale Old Adaminaby Paupong Perisher Valley Pine Valley Providence Portal Rhine Falls Rocky Plain Snowy Plain The Brothers Wambrook

National parks and other natural features	Kosciuszko NP Valentine Falls

Rivers and other watercourses	Berrima Burrungubugge Cooma Back Eucumbene Goorudee Gungarlin Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Little Thredbo Mowamba Pinch Snowy River Thredbo

Dams and/or associated reservoirs	Eucumbene Guthega Island Bend Jindabyne Jounama Rainbow Lake Three Mile

Mountain ranges	Snowy Mountains Charcoal Rams Head Suggan Buggan

Attractions	Alpine Way Barry Way Big Trout Blue Lake Friday Flat Camp Kiandra Lake Albina Lake Cootapatamba Mount Kosciuszko Mount Townsend Perisher Ski Resort Selwyn Snowfields Skitube Alpine Railway Smiggin Holes Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Scheme Museum

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